Light The Dark : Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process

A stunning guide to finding creative inspiration and how it can illuminate your life, your work, and your art. What inspires you? That's the simple, but profound question posed to 46 renowned authors in Light The Dark, each one revealing what gets them started and what keeps them going with the creative work they love. Each writer begins with a favorite passage - from a novel, a song, a poem. From there, incredible lessons and stories of life changing encounters with art emerge, like how sneaking a volume of Stephen King stories into his job as a night security guard helped Khaled Hosseini learn that nothing he creates will ever be truly finished. Or how Junot Diaz learned that great art can be a friend to help us feel less alone in the world when he discovered Toni Morrison in college. Light The Dark collects the best of The Atlantic's much-acclaimed 'By Heart' series and adds brand new pieces from writers like Marilynne Robinson and Junot Diaz, each one paired with a striking illustration. A guide to creative living and writing for anyone who wants to learn how great writers find inspiration and how to find some of your own. The featured authors include: Elizabeth Gilbert, Neil Gaiman, Junot Diaz, Marilynne Robinson, Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, Aimee Bender, Mary Gaitskill, Stephen King, Jonathan Franzen, Roxane Gay, Yiyun Li, Edwidge Danticat, David Mitchell, Khaled Hosseini, Nell Zink, Emma Donoghue, Eileen Myles, Sherman Alexie, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Charles Simic, Tom Perrotta, Viet Than Nguyen, William Gibson, Mark Haddon, Jim Crace, and Walter Mosley.Author: Joe Fassler,author Contributors: Joe Fassler,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Format: Illustrated Edition: Illustrated Published/Release Date: 26 Sep 2017 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Penguin Putnam Inc Author/Director/Artist: Joe Fassler Dimension (cm): 208x140x19 mm Package Dimension (cm): 19x206x141 mm Item Weight (g): 306 Package Weight (g): 301